The multiconfiguration Dirac-Hartree-Fock theory has been employed to calculate the electric dipole moment of the 7s6d 3D2 state of radium induced by the nuclear Schiff moment. The results are dominated by valence and core-valence electron correlation effects. We show that the correlation effects can be evaluated in a converged series of multiconfiguration expansions.

In this work we investigate the applicability of the multiconfiguration Dirac- Hartree-Fock (MCDHF) method for calculating parity and time reversal symmetry violations in many-electron atoms. As an example we show results from calculations of the scalarpseudoscalar interaction constant for 133Cs. Calculated limits of this interaction constant are in a good agreement with other theories.

In this work we investigate the applicability of the MCDHF method for calculating parity and time reversal symmetry violations in many-electron atoms. As an example we show results from calculations of the scalar-pseudoscalar interaction constant for 133Cs. Calculated limits of this interaction constant are in a good agreement with other theories.

Hyperfine quenching rates of the 3s3p 3P0 level in Mg-like ions were calculated using the GRASP2K package based on the multi-configuration Dirac–Hartree–Fock method. Valence and core-valence correlation effects were accounted for in a systematic way. Breit interactions and QED effects were included in the subsequent relativistic CI calculations. Calculated rates were compared with other theoretical values and with experiment, and a good agreement with the latest experimental value for the 27Al+ ion (Rosenband et al 2007 Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 220801) was found. Furthermore, we showed in detail the contributions from Breit interaction and QED effects to concerned physical properties. Finally, electronic data were presented in terms of a general scaling law in Z that, given isotopic nuclear spin and magnetic moment, allows hyperfine-induced decay rates to be estimated for any isotope along the isoelectronic sequence.

Hyperfine induced SS0 M1 transition probabilities of He-like ions have been calculated from relativistic configuration interaction wavefunctions including the frequency independent Breit interaction and QED effects. Present results for 151Eu and 155Gd are in good agreement with previous calculations [L.N. Labzowsky et al., Phys. Rev. A 63, 054105 (2001)]. Electronic data are given in terms of a general scaling law in Z that, given isotopic nuclear spin and magnetic moment, allows hyperfine induced decay rates to be estimated for any isotope. The results should be helpful for future experimental investigations on QED and parity non-conservation effects.